 Following the announcement that Afro-Colombian land rights defender Francia Márquez will be running on the presidential ticket of the Progressive Historic Pact, she has received an influx of death threats as well as racist attacks in media and online. This is not the first time that Márquez has been targeted by right-wing attacks. In 2014 and 2018, she faced similar death threats from the Mining Mafia and was forced out of her house. So, why is the right-wing in Colombia so afraid of Francia Márquez? Francia Márquez is an Afro-Colombian lawyer and environmental leader, native of Cauca, a region in the Colombian Pacific. Francia Márquez was at the forefront of a struggle against illegal gold mining in Latoma. She organized the women of Latoma and led a 10-day march to the capital Bogota in 2014. The march resulted in the removal of all illegal miners and equipment from their ancestral lands. Her candidature is expected to bring a paradigm shift to Colombian politics. She, along with Gustavo Petro, will be contesting the presidential elections for the Historic Pact Coalition. Historic Pact for Colombia is a coalition of left-wing political parties and social movements. According to opinion polls, the unity ticket of the Progressive Forces is favored to win the presidential elections on May 29th. The duo has about 37% of the voting preference. With more than 786,000 votes, Márquez was the third most-voted pre-candidate in the primaries held on March 13th. In 2018, Francia Márquez won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. In her acceptance speech, she honored the ancestral knowledge of her community in helping to build a better world. The community is based on values such as solidarity, respect, and honesty. It teaches us that dignity has no price, that resistance is not to endure. To love and value the territory as a life space, to fight for the rights of the people, and to fight for the rights of the people. To love the territory as a life space, to fight for this, even putting our own lives at risk. I am part of a process, of a story of struggle and resistance that began with my ancestors brought into slavery. I am part of the struggle against structural racism. I am part of those who fight for the freedom and justice and those who preserve hope for a better life. For those women who use maternal love to protect their territory as a life space. For those who raise their voices to stop the destruction of rivers, rivers, forests, and params. For those who dream that one day the human beings will change the economic model of death to give us a step to build an economic model that guarantees life.